The Paunch Stevenson Show

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 211

In this episode:

meeting Jeff Bridges again,
The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman,
more Paunch Luck and people who don’t post their videos of events,
Starman (1984) starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen,
our review of the 2nd season of Comic Book Men on AMC (birthday party, Kevin Smith signing, Ming in drag, and Stan Lee),
Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K obstacle course run (www.runforyourlives.com),
stuck between a rock and a hard place,
fellow NAVA member Stephanie McKeon’s appearance on Comic Book Men,
video gaming podcast Our Brooklyn Bytes hosted by Leon Barber and Stephanie,
celebrity deaths (Hector “Macho” Camacho, Larry Hagman, Dave Brubeck, Ravi Shankar, Jack Klugman, Norman Schwarzkopf, Conrad Bain, Abigail Van Buren, and Earl Weaver),
Paul McCartney is NOT dead,
Quincy, M.E.,
the 1987 computer game Earl Weaver Baseball,
Robert Duncan McNeill’s 666 Park Avenue was canceled,
the Paunch show archive created by Frank Nora of onsug.com,
Stefani Germanotta (pre Lady Gaga) performing Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Maker” in NYC in January 2006 (video),
Eddie Brickell’s “Good Times” music video on Windows 95 CDs,
a listener email from Led Zeppelin cover band Custard Pie and That Confounded Bridge guitarist Kevin Nay,
and a Paunch tweet retweeted by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Glenn Howerton (our photo collage showing Glenn’s uncanny resemblance to Lindsey Buckingham).

Pictures and Video from the Jeff Bridges book signing, New York, 1/8/2013:

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Happy New Year!!

In this episode:

Bond on Bond by Roger Moore,
meeting Sir Moore at his book signing at Barnes and Noble on Fifth Ave. in NYC,
what does Paunch fan @spacemandavid sound like?,
various British accents,
more Paunch Luck video/photo fails,
our movie review of Skyfall (2012) starring Daniel Craig,
English homes having nick names,
homages to old Bond films,
Joey Buttafuoco on Judge Alex,
Eliza Dushku shooting a new pilot for The Saint,
Sean Connery at the US Open with Andy Murray and Sir Alex Ferguson,
Penn Jillette’s new book Every Day is an Atheist Holiday,
meeting Penn at his book signing at Barnes and Noble on Warren St. in NYC,
his Celebrity Apprentice thoughts,
our rant on Kevin Clash and Elmo,
TruTV’s Killer Karaoke hosted by Steve-O,
Dennis Haskins still getting work,
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012) animated movie,
our Lame Idiot of the Year award goes to Donald Trump (Lame Page),
and the upcoming masterpiece film After Earth (2013) starring Will and Jaden Smith.

Picture and Video from the Penn Jillette book signing, New York, 11/14/2012:

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 209

In this episode:

we’re once again “live” from the Burger King parking lot in Nutley, NJ,
our movie review of Wreck-It Ralph (2012),
expecting a bigger classic video game homage,
cast including John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, and Adam Carolla,
video game character cameos,
Pac-Man kill screen,
the Disney animated short Paperman,
Billy Connolly to appear (at some point) in The Hobbit movie trilogy,
our updated review of Creepshow (1982) starring Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, and Stephen King,
revisting Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007),
Todd Rogers’s tarantulas, Steve Sanders’s made up Donkey Kong high score, and Robert Mruczek’s erotic art,
Coach Ron Bailey,
our review of the High Score (2006) documentary,
William Carlton’s failed Missile Command record breaking attempts,
our initial review of the new Nintendo Wii U video game console,
the useless demo kiosk with one playable game,
Rayman Legends,
the 5 GB required system update at launch,
reality TV show Baggage finding dates for a Nazi,
and the Angry Video Game Nerd movie trailer.

Short video clip of the Wii U Kiosk:

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 208

Please support Caseen’s new Kickstarter Project before December 26th to help him fund upcoming promotional events!

In this episode:

the success of Caseen’s book Inside Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,
working with publisher ECW Press,
book promotion,
scary Tim Burton movies,
when and why do movies and TV shows fade out of pop culture?,
re-runs and constant TV franchise reboots,
Bronies,
Caseen’s upcoming book A Christmas Story: The Making of a Holiday Classic,
the Christmas Story House near Cleveland, Ohio,
Caseen’s book release coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the film,
his $20,000 Kickstarter to help promote the book,
his Kickstarter rewards including Christmas cards designed by Ian Petrella,
Caseen appearing on the TV Guide Network,
the still tight-knit cast,
the first sequel My Summer Story (1994) starring Charles Grodin,
the second sequel Christmas Story 2 (2012) starring Daniel Stern,
Jean Shepherd’s original A Christmas Story book,
the enduring legacy of A Christmas Story,
and the full length version of the 1970 Night Before Christmas Read-Along Classic.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 207

Part 2 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! Thanks to all the celebrities who appeared!

In this episode:

we meet Weird Al Yankovic,
Weird Al: The Book,
finding a Weird Al LP in a messy used record store,
Al’s least favorite album Polka Party!,
Scotti Brothers Records,
Crazy Eddie (his prices were insane!),
bantering around with Weird Al,
meeting friend and fellow NJ podcaster Brian Jude at the signing,
Weird Al recording “Smells like Nirvana” instead of “Snack All Night”,
how “I Lost on Jeopardy” revived the real Jeopardy! game show,
The Weird Al Show (1997) on CBS,
our trip to Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ,
getting a picture with Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke,
“Screech” Dustin Diamond teaching us a bar bet,
Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210 seated in the horror room,
John Wayne Bobbitt trying to talk to us,
meeting nice guy Andrew McCarthy, star of Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993),
meeting pop singer Samantha Fox,
meeting a grumpy Frank Vincent,
meeting Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers,
old ABC TGIF trading cards Laffs,
Penny Marshall hiding from our camera,
talking with Robert Duncan McNeill from Star Trek: Voyager,
meeting a disinterested Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie (1999),
meeting Lethal Weapon‘s Danny Glover,
talking with the original voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney,
the upcoming Caroll Spinney documentary I Am Big Bird (2013),
our interview with Samantha Fox,
TigerTime campaign to save wild tigers,
and our new interview techniques.